Baleares

See also: baleares, baléares, and Baléares

Latin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Bălĭāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin.^[1] More at Balearic.

Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension

Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)
the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

“Bălĭāres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Baleares”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Baleares”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾes/

Baleares f pl (plural only)

Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)
Synonym: Ilhas Baleares

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Baleares

Wikipedia ^es

Baleares f pl (plural only)

synonym of Islas Baleares: Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)